第一篇：summary of Chapter of The Great Gatsby專題

Witing after two years,Nick described the events that surrounded the funeral.Swarms of reporters,journalists and gossipmongers descend on the mansion in the aftermath of the murder.Wild ,untrue stories more exaggerated than the rumors about Gatsby when he was throwing his parties,circulate about the nature of Gatsby’s relationship to Myrtle and Wilson.Feeling that Gatsby would not want to go through the funeral alone,Nick tries to hold a large funeral for him,but all of Gatsby’s former friends and acquaintances have either disappeared,Tom and Daisy,for instance,or refused to come.The latter claims that he has a social engagement and asks Nick to send along his tennis shoes.Outraged,Nick hang up on him.The only people to attend Gatsby’s funeral are Nick,Owl eyes,a few servants and Gatsby’s father.Henry is proud of his son and saves a picture in his house.He also fills Nick in on Gatsby’s early life,showing him abook in which a young Gatsby had written a schedule for self-improvement.Sick of the East and its empty value,Nick decides to move back to The Midwest.He breaks off his relationshop with Jordan,who suddenly claims that she has become engaged in another man.Just before he leave,he encounters Tom on Fifth Avenue in New York City.Nick initially refuses to shake Tom’s hand,but eventually accepts.Tom tells Nick that he was the one who told Wilson that

Gatsby owned the car that killed Myrtle,and describes how greatly he suffered when he had to give up the apartment he kept in the city for his affair.He says that Gatsby deserved to die.Nick comes to the conclusion that Tom and Daisy are careless,uncaring people and that they destroy people and things,knowing that their money will shield them from ever having to face any negative consequences.